- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1979.272
- People
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Anonymous
- Title
- Anonymous Denarius, Rome
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 115 - 114 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
- Period
- Roman Republican period
- Culture
- Roman Republican
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/184163
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.92 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- denarius
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: Below, ROMA; behind, mark of value (X)
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- RRC 287/1
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor Randall Thompson
- Accession Year
- 1979
- Object Number
- 1979.272
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obv.: Head of Roma r., wearing winged Corinthian helmet with curl on l. shoulder; behind, mark of value (X). Border of dots.
Rev.: Roma, wearing Corinthian helmet, seated r. on pile of shields, holding spear in l. hand; at feet, beside pile of shields, helmet; before, she-wolf r., suckling twins; to either side, bird flying. Border of dots.
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